Storing salted skins

[GravityKills]

Ok, I never worry much about salting skins, I usually flesh and use my auto-tanner. But these two buffalo I got in are way to big for me, so off to the tannery for these big brutes.

I salted out the two skins and cape folded them up and placed them in an open container. My dad asked a logical question,... how will they dry when folded up....?

Um,.. am I doing something bad by folding up these skins? How should I handle these big skins? Or is folded up ok. I solted the big skins on Monday night, and just finished fleshing and turning the cape. Do I need to go lay the big skins out flat? I am starting to think about it too much and panic that I am ruining these buffalo..... Help!!

[Redwolf]

I just did a moose back hide like that GK. I let it dry a little and a few days later folded it. Waited a few days more and folded it and on and on.

[GravityKills]

So i should go open it up and air it out now? Man, that is gonna suck, two buffalo takes a lot of room... yikes....
Thanks, Bob!

[Rebel]

you need to hang it so it can drip all the moisture out and let it start drying then before it dries hard fold it up

[Redwolf]

So i should go open it up and air it out now? Man, that is gonna suck, two buffalo takes a lot of room... yikes....
Thanks, Bob!

I would let the air get to them so they can dry. If they are in a box the air wont get to them.

[Rebel]

make sure you hang it if you leave it on the concrete it will draw moisture

[muscle20]

   Flesh, salt let it drain for a few days then fold them up and let them dry , as long as you let the fluids drain off they will be ok to fold do that all the time!

[RoyalOaksTaxidermy]

For stuff that  big I lay them on my salt table (which is a tilted expanded metal table for air flow)  for 24 hours later, shake off old salt, apply new..Depending on how the salt looks I may shake off and reapply a third time...  wait til the skin is starting to dry out but before they get crunchy, then fold it up.. Then let dry the rest of the way.

 Having a fan blowing on it helps alot..

[haulot]

after two days of salting shake access salt off and fold it up as small as possible so it wont take up too much space when u ship it. ive had elk ,bears,deer etc sit in the salting bin for 10- 12 months before sending off and they are just fine.